outre
Example Sentences
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But while her previous pictures never shied away from tenderness despite their outré scenarios, her latest is a far more melancholy affair.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Like such previously outré Lanthimos features as “Dogtooth,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Lobster,” the movie is a bleak comedy that generates severe discomfort amid its absurdity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Without food, Bong’s work would lose the indelible humanity that even his most outré, provocative films hold as a point of pride.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025
Suddenly, all the doubts about “The Substance” being too outré for Oscar voters went up in smoke.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
She might do tolerably well for the Welsh mountains, but she will cut a most outré figure in the beau monde.
From The Sylph, Volume I and II by Cavendish, Georgiana
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
